Shaft or pole support



(No Model.) I

J. H. KENNET.

SHAFT 0R POLE SUPPORT, No. 476,390. Patented June '7, 1892.

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JOHN H. KENNET, OF HUNTINGTON, IVEST VIRGINIA.

SHAFT OR POLE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,390, dated June 7, 1892.

Application filed February 26, 1392- Serial No. 422,877. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. KENNET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, inthe county of Cabell and State of IVest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Shaft or Pole Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shaft or pole supports.

The object ofthe present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive shaft or pole support adapted to be readily adjusted to various vehicles to hold the shafts or pole in an elevated position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the shaft-holder applied in operative position to a vehicle. Fig. 2 isa similar view of the holder detached.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a bar, adapted when in use to project upward from the front axle of a vehicle to engage the cross-bar of the shafts or the curved portion of a pole to hold the same in an elevated position. The bar 1 is provided at one end with an opening 2 and a short distance from the end with an opening 3, similar to the opening 2, and arranged in the openings 3 and 2 are clamps 4 and 5, the former of which is adapted to engage the head-block of a vehicle, and the latter is designed to take against the aXle,wherebytl1e bar 1 is secured in position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. The clamp 4 is L- shaped and has its arm 6 arranged parallel with the bar 1, and its arm 7 is provided with a series of perforations or indentations 8, by means of which the clamp may be adjusted in the opening 3, it being secured in its adjustment by a pin 9 or a bolt or set-screw passing through a perforation of the bar 1 and engaging one of the perforations or indentations of the clamp 4. The clamp5 isstraight and is provided with a head 10 and has a series of perforations or indentations 11 and is secured by a pin, bolt, or set-screw 12, similar to the L-shaped clamp. By this construction it will be seen that the shaft-holder may be readily adjusted to the ordinary vehicle and is capable of holding the shafts in an elevated position.

I may pad or cover the clamp with either cloth, felt, rubber, leather, paper, wood, or cork for the protection of the paint or varnish on vehicles.

IVhat I claim is A shaft-holder comprising a bar provided with openings arranged near one of its ends, an L-shaped clamp having one of its arms adjustably secured in one of the openings and having its other arm arranged parallel with the bar, and the straight clamp adjustably secured in the other opening and arranged at right angles to the bar, substantially as described. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. KENNET.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. NEAL, F. B. ENsLoW. 

